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Posted at 7:58 AM on Jul 19, 2007 by lisagraham138, #22381
All I can say is that this posting has made me feel a bit less crazy... At first I loved Yasmin. I lost a sugnifficant amount of weight and felt very good about my body... 3 or 4 months into it I started having severe panic attacks. I had never had a panic attack before so it scared me even more because I did not know what was going on. I was having panic attacks on the subway ride to work. Many times people would move and sit me down and offer me water because I would turn white and start sweating. I thought maybe it was stress so I began to see a therapist... Which helped a bit but I did not want to take any other medicines that the doctor kept pushing on me so I stopped going. The attacks stopped but the emotional rollercoaster continued very much. I cry ALL THE TIME and get mad very easily. My boyfriend is very supportive of me and helps me get through the depressions and anxiety-- but I don't think it is fair for him to have to do that. More recently I have been getting "brain zaps" that make me a bit dizzy for a moment and then go away. It is very odd... I've also gone and been tested for every allergy ever because everything I eat gives me a stomach ache. I thought it was maybe because I was having too much caffiene but I stopped drinking that and the attacks stopped-- but not the depression and anxiety in general. I never really pointed to the BC until my best friend said she and another friend were having the same symptoms and we were all on the same BC... That said, I'm currently looking for one that doesn't make me insane!!! And doesn't make me gain weight... I can't gain weight or I will stop taking it. So if anyone has any suggestions, please let me know!!!!!
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Reply over 2 years ago on Jul 21, 2007 by ree123, #833

May I suggest you stop the BCP's in order to level out your hormones. Then have your doctor or Endocrinologist check your thyroid gland. They need to run blood work T4 & T3. I myself suffer with anxiety more so after the birth of my daughter. With that being said I know something else was wrong I know how I feel and I haven't felt myself in sometime. Good luck with your test. Stop reading anything on the computer it can upset you more- Good luck!

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Reply over 2 years ago on Aug 10, 2007 by melany, #1139

You couldn't have described what I've been going through better! That is what has been happening to me. I also saw a therapist because I thought I must have had major depression (for no reason nothing to be depressed about) anxiety or maybe I was schitzo or somthing and thats crazy! She wanted to put me on meds but my best friend told me she had the same side effects from her bc so I stopped taking mine. If you've been off it since you posted this do u think you could send me an email and let me know if your feeling back to normal yet. I have been feeling much better after 2 weeks but now and then I get thoughts that i'm gonna go nuts and I cant wait to feel happy and normal ALL the time again! Thanks it makes me feel much better to know that other feel like me!

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